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lost over winter
RIP
Fatalities for me were a beautiful big Tetrapanax, and similarly great Euphorbia Mellifera, all my Dahlias, a Salvia Amistad, three Pittosporum Tobira Nanum, all my Cannas, three enormous Echiums that were going to flower this year, and even a Clematis Armandii that really ought to have been hardy, although it was young still. Every plant in my neighbour's newly planted Pittosporum Tandara Gold hedge has also died.
Jury is still out on whether any Ginger Lillies survived, as they are late to get going usually. Hardy Banana (Musa Basjoo) has just triumphantly raised a new stem from the ruins of the old, and Melianthus Major I thought had died back entirely but a sucker has just emerged 50cm away.
Not a good winter for tropical looking plants! Monty Don is (mostly) giving up on them now, having grown them forever. Friday's Gardeners World had a good segment on this.
I similarly need to make a calculation - are extreme winters just part of the regular picture now, due to climate change, or was that a freak occurrence?
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Good year for our irises, bad for alliums. Also lost over winter - three clematis, a solanum vine, five salvias, two dahlias, two Choisya (didn’t like anyway) and a hebe. Not the end of the world but it adds up.
Another one in camp ‘right plant in the right place’ is our Fremontodendron currently dominating the front, evergreen too.
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